Rachel Corrie Remembered 2009

Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed by a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes by the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
Rachel was an unarmed peace activist trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian pharmacist, his wife, and three children. She believed that nonviolent direct action against the Israeli occupation would make Palestinians, and also Israelis and Americans, more secure. Rachel stood there to protect a home and family in Gaza because the United States and Israel rejected a UN proposal to send international human rights monitors there. International activists went instead. Rachel stood there protesting illegal home demolitions that the United States opposes on the record yet fails to stop -- destruction that we support with billions in annual military aid to Israel for bulldozers, Apache helicopters, F-16s, and more.
For more info. visit
http://www.rachelcorrie.org/
This event was held at The Brecht Forum
http://brechtforum.org/

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[ashrafash24]

lie in peace rachel , iam sure god will punish this people

[luckytobemuslim]

It is a shame that such innocent American girl killed with no mercy by Israelis and no one from USA condemen such crime !!!! whereas we see American accuse Taliban for killing another Afhan and fogetting their nationals !!!!!